CCHS finishes season at district tourney

CCHS opened their play in the District 4C Tournament against Jordan on Wednesday. The Bulldogs got off to a bad start and were down 4 to 17 at the end of the first quarter. Though they showed bursts of scoring, they were unable to come back, eventually losing 41-58. Mick O'Connor hit the only three-pointer for CCHS as they went 1-7 for the game. He also had the game's only dunk, led all scorers with 21 points on 9-16 shooting, and led the game in rebounds with 11.

The Bulldogs had a rough day from the free throw line. They shot 12-24 while the Mustangs shot 10-16. All of Caleb Fix's five points were on free throws.

CCHS 4 9 18 10 - 41

Jordan 17 5 21 15 - 58

O'Connor 21, 11; Jared Pardee 7, 5; Max Larson 5, 7; Fix 5, 3; Wyatt Kittelmann 3, 3.

In loser out action on Thursday, CCHS battled Broadus. Blue was outscored in each of the first two quarters 6-10, but outscored the Hawks in both of the final two frames. They won the turnover battle and out-rebounded the Hawks, but it wasn't quite enough as they shot a poor percentage from the field, about 27%, and lost by a final score of 46-41.

Again, O'Connor led CCHS in scoring. He had 20. CCHS went 15-26 on free throw shooting and 0-18 from downtown. They did have 10 second chance points and 46 total rebounds that helped keep the game close.

CCHS 6 6 16 13 - 41

Broadus 10 10 14 12 - 46

O'Connor 20, 8; Pardee 10, 5; Larson 4, 4; Fix 3, 6; Kittelmann 2, 2; Dylan King 2, 1.